Retail Wrap: The Landing Café in The Woodlands; Luby’s-Fuddruckers in Webster; Curves Fitness for Women in Katy; Orangetheory Fitness in Sugar Land

John Brazie, executive chef at The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of The Landing Café. (The Woodlands Development Co. photo)

A listing of retail and restaurant real estate deals in the Houston area:

The Landing Café has opened on the first floor of the One Hughes Landing office building overlooking Lake Woodlands. The restaurant offers coffees and beverages, breakfast and lunch meals and snacks including pastries, yogurt, wraps, soups, salads and sandwiches. The café is being operated by The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center.

Conn Appliances has expanded its lease by 10,000 square feet for a total of 39,865 square feet 19746 Interstate 45. Matt Keener with CBRE represented the tenant.

Orangetheory Fitness has leased 2,440 square feet in the Lake Pointe Shopping Center at 15890 Southwest Freeway. Bruce Frankel of Frankel Development Group represented the tenant. Jazz Hamilton and Alex Makris with CBRE represented the landlord. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based chain’s expansion plans for Houston include opening two to three fitness studios per year over the next five years.

Entrepreneur Terry McBurney is opening The Republic Grille in the Panther Creek Shopping Center at the corner of The Woodlands Parkway and Gosling Road. On display will be historical photos, paintings and memorabilia of The Woodlands. “My goal was not to just create another great restaurant but to create a concept deeply rooted in its local history” McBurney said in an announcement. “I want to provide patrons with a glimpse into the extraordinary vision put forth by Mr. George Mitchell and his creation of The Woodlands. The Woodlands has become a multi-cultural community and a travel destination, drawing millions of visitors each year and this is my way of offering those who dine at The Republic Grille insight into how our home town came to be.”

Myoung Cho has purchased the former 13,000-square-foot Walgreens building at 13606 Kuykendahl at Ella for a beauty supply store. Mark Davis of Davis Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, S-T Properties.

Local Foods, which sells gourmet sandwiches, salads and prepared meals made with local ingredients, has leased 3,861 square feet with a 4,000-square-foot patio at the northeast corner of Kirby and Westheimer for its second location. Larry Plotsky with The Plotsky Group represented the tenant. Greg Lewis and Adam Williams with Lewis Property Co. represented the landlord, Kirby Oaks, LLC. The space was previously occupied by Taco Milagro.

A Luby’s-Fuddruckers side-by-side restaurant is being built at the Centre at Baybrook along the Gulf Freeway in Webster.

A new Whataburger is under construction on FM 518 next to a Wal-Mart in Kemah.

Tapology Gastro Pub has leased 3,000 square feet and will open soon in the former Berryhill’s location at 2660 Marina Bay Drive in League City.

Two Carl’s Jr. restaurants are coming to Pasadena. One is underway on Red Bluff Road at Pasadena Boulevard, and the other is planned on Fairmont Parkway at Lily Street. Marshall Clinkscales, a Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership member and broker with Colliers International, represented the seller for the Fairmont Parkway site.